J. Mayhew Wainwright

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J. Mayhew Wainwright

Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (born December 10, 1864 in New York City , † June 3, 1945 in Rye , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1923 and 1931 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

J. Mayhew Wainwright graduated from Columbia College , Columbia School of Political Science in New York City in 1884, and Columbia Law School in 1886 . He began practicing in New York City and Westchester County after receiving his license to practice the same year . He served in the New York National Guard's 12th Infantry from 1889 to 1903  . During this time he took part in the fighting in the Spanish-American War . At that time he was a captain in the 12th  regiment of the New York Volunteers . Between 1902 and 1908 he was a member of the New York State Assembly and between 1909 and 1913 he was a member of the New York Senate . He was appointed to the first New York State Workmen's Compensation Commission in 1914 - a post he held until 1915. During the First World War in 1916 he served as Lieutenant Colonel in the Inspector General's Department of the New York National Guard on the Mexican border . Between 1917 and 1919 he was Lieutenant Colonel in the 27th  Division . President Warren G. Harding appointed him on 14 March 1921 as a successor to William Reid Williams as Deputy Minister of War ( Assistant Secretary of War ). He held the post until his resignation on March 4, 1923. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1922 congressional election for the 68th Congress , Wainwright was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 25th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded James W. Husted on March 4, 1923 . He was re-elected three times in a row. Since he refused to run for re-election in 1930 , he resigned from Congress after March 3, 1931 .

After his time at Congress, he resumed his practice as a lawyer. Between 1930 and 1937 he was a member of the Westchester County Park Commission . He died in Rye in the final year of World War II and was then buried in Greenwood Union Cemetery .

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SURNAME Wainwright, J. Mayhew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1945
Place of death Rye , New York